Chapter 510 The way out
1. The World Alliance publicly announced its intervention in the Russian Civil War and sent 850,000 troops to form a world coalition to declare war on Soviet Russia. New π.πΌππ
After this news was announced, it immediately swept the entire world like a prairie fire and became a hot topic of discussion among people all over the world, which naturally included Russia as the party involved.
We have to ask the Russians about their own attitude. Now that the Russian civil war has developed into such a situation, the supporters of Tsarist Russia and Soviet Russia are already very clear about it.
Soviet Russia, established as a workers' party, still won the favor of the vast majority of Russian workers, and the most supportive people were the Russian working class.
As for Tsarist Russia, which absorbed the bourgeoisie, it was the civilians who supported the old Tsarist government. After all, they were unwilling to add more changes to their chaotic lives. As long as they could have a full meal, they were still obedient to the government.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to the working class and peasant class, which are the largest in Russia, most of the remaining aristocrats and capitalist classes are also willing to support Tsarist Russia.
Of course, this does not mean how advanced the system of Tsarist Russia was, or how high the prestige of Tsar Nicholas II was.
It's just that compared to the Soviet regime established by the Workers' Alliance, the bourgeoisie and aristocrats preferred to see the tsar continue to rule all countries. At least in the chaotic Russian society, they were still the superior people who exploited the civilian class.
Under the influence of the major classes, Russia has been defeated in Eastern Europe. After all, some of the more developed areas in Eastern Europe have a majority of workers, which is also the advantage of Soviet Russia.
The situation in Russia has changed from a melee between the north and the south to a melee between the east and the west. Soviet Russia has slowly taken control of most of Eastern Europe, and the power of Tsarist Russia is also shifting towards Northern Europe and Asia.
To be honest, Soviet Russia's huge influence on the working class was the real reason why the British Empire determined to intervene in the Russian Civil War with force.
No matter which industrial country, there are a large number of workers. Most industrial countries are capitalist-dominated countries, which have some conflicts of interest with workers.
Once the ideology of Soviet Russia expands outward, the whole of Europe may face revolution, which is something that almost all European countries are unwilling to see.
Even a republic like France, which is, to put it bluntly, a country led by capitalism, can still be impacted by Soviet consciousness.
After officially deciding to use force to intervene in the Russian Civil War, the major countries in the World Alliance did not hesitate at all. Each of them was preparing troops and fleets to quickly eliminate Soviet Russia, the big villain in Europe.
Leaving aside the army, the World Alliance has an overwhelming advantage in the navy.
The British Empire used its home fleet, plus the French Mediterranean Fleet and the Italian Fleet to blockade the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea respectively, blocking all Russia's seaports.
The fleets of the small countries of Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Romania, and Greece are like patrol fleets, responsible for patrolling various sea areas to prevent the Russian fleet from sneaking out. New π .π²πΎπΌ
In order to express support for Tsarist Russia, the World Alliance jointly provided a batch of free weapons and equipment to Nicholas II to ensure that Tsarist Russia could hold on before the intervention coalition forces of the World Alliance arrived.
If Tsarist Russia cannot hold on until the Allied World Alliance forces arrive, then this will be a lot of fun.
The good news is that Russia has experienced many chaotic periods. Not only are its naval warships in disrepair, but its internal governance is even more chaotic. It is impossible to cause any interference to the World Alliance on the ocean.
However, the actual combat effectiveness of the armies of Tsarist Russia and Soviet Russia, which are currently fighting fiercely, is far inferior to that of other European countries.
This is no joke. The civil war between the two sides seems serious, but in fact, the armies of both sides have fatal flaws of one kind or another.
Although the armies of Tsarist Russia were supported by military equipment from Australasia and the World Alliance, these armies were composed of veterans of the First World War who were already tired of the war.
They have experienced World War I, bourgeois rebellion, Soviet uprising in Russia and the czar's seizure of power, and their inner fatigue has long been unbearable.
In other words, they have been participating in the war longer than anyone else. From the outbreak of World War I to the present, they have been fighting the war.
Under such circumstances, the combat effectiveness of the Tsarist Russian army has been greatly reduced. Moreover, this army once submitted to the rule of the bourgeois provisional government, which made Nicholas II not trust these armies, but equipped most of the weapons and equipment to his absolute confidant army.
Needless to say, the absolute crushing of the navy. In terms of the army, the ratio of the number of the Tsarist Russian army to the Soviet Russian army was 1 million to 1.2 million.
If you include the 850,000 coalition troops of the World Alliance, Tsarist Russia has taken the lead in terms of army numbers.
In fact, Soviet Russia is actually relatively weak after experiencing a fairly tight blockade by the World Alliance.
If it had not been for some of the weapons and equipment captured through the victory over Tsarist Russia, I am afraid that even one person would not be able to make a weapon.
Even under such circumstances, the weapons of a small number of Soviet Russian soldiers are still some old guys who are about to retire. Their real combat effectiveness on the battlefield is questionable.
1. Aircraft from the World Alliance were stationed in Northeastern Europe controlled by Tsarist Russia, and carried out a major bombing of Moscow the next day.
This news immediately made Tsarist Russia boil, because until now, the civil war, the capital of Tsarist Russia, St. Petersburg, is still strong, but Moscow, Soviet Russia, has been in danger.
Many workers who had been brainwashed by Soviet Russia took to the streets and started demonstrations to protest against the World Alliance's disregard for human life. The bombing of Moscow has caused hundreds of casualties.
But it was clear that no one except Soviet Russia cared about these workers' demonstrations. newα΄α΄α΄
The bombing of Moscow continues, and a large number of leaflets persuading surrender are also being dropped, disrupting order inside and outside Moscow.
In this surrender leaflet, the World Alliance publicly announced that Soviet Russia had stolen the fruits of Tsarist Russia's victory, and determined that Tsarist Russia was the winner of World War I, and it was also the orthodoxy of the entire Russia.
The World Alliance advises the Russian people under the rule of Soviet Russia to give up their wrong rule as soon as possible and rejoin the embrace of Tsarist Russia in order to avoid the harm caused by war.
At the same time, the World Alliance has also promised to provide a batch of supplies to Tsarist Russia to ensure that the people of Tsarist Russia will not suffer any food crisis.
This was still attractive to Soviet Russia, which implemented a centralized rationing system.
Soviet Russia does not have much supplies, and the World Alliance has completely cut off Soviet Russia's foreign trade lines, making it even more difficult to obtain supplies from outside the country.
Before the World Alliance's 850,000 coalition troops are completely assembled, the World Alliance will carry out bombings in Moscow and large cities controlled by Soviet Russia, destroying the order of Soviet Russia and extinguishing Soviet Russia's hope of winning the war.
You know, although World War I has long since ended, European countries have not stopped researching and developing aircraft.
This intervention war is also an opportunity to test the quality of aircraft from various countries. Many countries have developed second-generation military aircraft, which have made considerable progress compared to the domestically produced aircraft at the beginning.
For example, the British aircraft manufacturing goal is to catch up with the performance of Australasia's first-generation military aircraft in a short period of time, and on this basis to surpass it as soon as possible. The British Empire has absolute advantages in both sea and air.
To this end, the British Empire spent a lot of manpower and material resources. It also established a separate aircraft research laboratory to research corresponding engines and designs for aircraft.
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Soviet Russia, Moscow.
In the meeting of the five-person presidium representing the highest power of Soviet Russia, the faces of the five people were not very good at this time, and their expressions were very solemn.
"Comrade Lev Davidovich Bronstein, what are the chances of our army winning in the face of the menacing enemy?" the man sitting at the top asked expressionlessly.
"With our sea being completely blocked, our chances of winning are probably less than 30%." The man named Lev Davidovich Bronstein shook his head with a wry smile and replied helplessly.
This number is considered an overestimation. After all, the menacing World Alliance forces have the most advanced weapons and equipment, and their troops can barely manage to get one gun per person. Some of the guns are even older than those present here. People are old and can only be used as fire sticks.
"It's still too low, Comrade Lev Davidovich Bronstein. As the chairman of the Revolutionary Military Committee, I ask you to fulfill your responsibilities, supervise every move of the army, and allow the country to successfully survive this disaster. ." The man continued to order.
"Yes!" Lev Davidovich Bronstein nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Comrade Alexey Ivanovich Rykov, how long can our food supplies last?" After giving the order to Lev Davidovich Bronstein, the man turned his attention to what he had done Alexei Ivanovich Rykov, Chairman of the People's Commissar of Soviets, asked.
The position of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviets is the highest position in the Soviet government, equivalent to the positions of Prime Minister and Prime Minister in other countries.
However, the position of the top leader of the government does not have the highest power in the relatively special political environment of the Soviet Union. It is even weaker than the leader and the chairman of the Revolutionary Military Committee.
"Conservative estimates suggest that our food supply should last for more than one year. If next year's food harvest is good, there should be no food crisis in a short time." As the head of the government, Alexei Ivanovich Rykov knew his task very well and answered the questions quickly after hearing them.
The leader nodded with satisfaction, and the worries in his heart relaxed a little.
No matter what period of time, food reserves are the most important thing for a country.
Whether Soviet Russia can defeat the World Alliance and Tsarist Russia depends not only on the combat effectiveness of the frontline troops and the level of public support for the government, but also on Soviet Russia's material reserves, especially food reserves.
People are like iron, and food is like steel. If you don't eat one meal, you will feel hungry. This principle applies not only to the people, but also to government officials and the military.
It's fine at other times, but once the country falls into a full-blown crisis, the turmoil it brings to the country is huge, which can easily destroy a country's security.
"Comrades, take action. Facing the country's greatest crisis, we must unite to let our great country survive this disaster. Comrade Lev Davidovich Bronstein, I hope you can Report the status of the army to me every day and be ready to deal with the enemy forces of the World Alliance at any time.β
The Soviet government at this time was still efficient. With the end of the meeting of the five-member presidium, the entire Soviet Russia was mobilized to jointly deal with what they considered to be the biggest crisis.
In St. Petersburg, the meeting of Tsarist Russia seemed much more relaxed.
Tsar Nicholas II, who had not shown up for a long time, not only attended the meeting with a high profile, but also showed a smile on his face again.
Tsar Nicholas II, who regained power, still held the position of nominal commander-in-chief of Russia.
Of course, this time Nicholas II also learned wisely. Although he was nominally the commander-in-chief of Russia, Nicholas II handed over the command of the army to his confidants, while he sat firmly in the palace and was responsible for his own comparison. Good at politics and logistics.
Thanks to the purge of the logistics department by the previous bourgeois government, the logistics department and even the entire government of Tsarist Russia were considered efficient.
Even if it is not as good as the newly established Soviet Russian government, it is much better than the previous tsarist government.
"When will the assistance promised to us by the World Alliance arrive?" Nicholas II looked at his newly promoted logistics minister and asked.
"The first batch of aid should arrive in half a month, and the latest batch of aid should not exceed three months." After hearing Nicholas II's inquiry, the logistics minister stood up quickly. He replied very respectfully.
After being baptized by the bourgeoisie, Nicholas II had a much deeper control over the current tsarist government.
Faced with this very efficient government, Nicholas II was still very satisfied.
"How are our material reserves currently? Can we cope with the upcoming war?" Nicholas II nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask.
"Food reserves are a big problem, but after we lost part of Eastern Europe, the food crisis was alleviated. At present, our food reserves should be able to last until next summer. With the assistance from the World Alliance, we can last until the next food supply A good harvest shouldn't be a problem." The logistics minister continued to answer.
"How is the backup plan prepared? Is our retreat route still safe?" Immediately afterwards, Nicholas II looked at his absolute confidant, Vladislav Kuliko, the head of the Tsar's secret police in St. Petersburg. Husband, asked with a serious face.
"Your Majesty, we are always ensuring the route from St. Petersburg to Siberia. I assure you that we can safely evacuate to Siberia at any time." Vladislav Kulikov replied with the same serious face.
Since the last time the rebels easily captured St. Petersburg and the Winter Palace, Nicholas II clearly realized that St. Petersburg was not that safe.
Although it was due to negligence last time, this time we have to face the more dangerous Soviet Russia, an insurgent army that has already formed a climate.
In order to ensure his own safety and the safety of his family, and to prevent the rule of the Romanov family from dissipating in his own hands, Nicholas II formulated a plan to ensure that he could escape eastward from St. Petersburg at any time and go to Siberian region.
The reason why Siberia was chosen was that it was vaster and had a large number of farmers, which was the basis of the tsarist rule.
Secondly, further east there is the Russian port of Vladivostok, which can still communicate with other countries in the World Alliance, so that it will not be completely surrounded by Soviet Russia and become a situation where the enemy is caught in the middle.
You know, Vladivostok is much closer to Australasia than St. Petersburg is to Australasia.
At that time, it will be easier to obtain support from Australasia, and it will not be difficult to maintain one's rule.
The worst case scenario is to fight a longer war of attrition with Soviet Russia. Anyway, Tsarist Russia relies on the support of most countries, while Soviet Russia faces blockade by all countries.
After hearing that there was no problem with his retreat route, Nicholas II breathed a sigh of relief and had no worries at all.
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